Dean’s war bashing draws GOP backlash
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Dave Wedge - - Boston Herald
| National Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean has angered the GOP by comparing the war in Iraq to Vietnam and accusing President Bush of leading a Watergate-like coverup of flawed pre-war intelligence.
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Conservative nominee may rankle many
Tuesday, November 1, 2005 Kimberly Atkins - - Boston Herald
| The road to confirmation for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito could prove to be rocky, especially since the federal judge has already shown his hand on crucial issues such as abortion rights, legal experts and advocates say.
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Lawmakers target shaken baby syndrome
Thursday, October 27, 2005 Michael Levenson - - Boston Herald
| Eight years after the trial of a Newton au pair helped draw nationwide attention to the problem of shaken baby syndrome, legislators, pediatricians, and parents are preparing a major effort to stop that form of child abuse in Massachusetts.
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3 suicide blasts jolt hotel, kill 17
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Liz Sly - - Boston Herald
| A spectacular triple bombing targeted a hotel complex used by American and other foreign news organizations in downtown Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens more in the biggest attack against Western civilians in Iraq in a year.
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Stress of war haunts vets: Funds needed for PTSD treatment
Sunday, October 23, 2005 Jessica Heslam - - Boston Herald
| An increasing number of Iraq war vets are returning home to Massachusetts with post-traumatic stress disorder, but unlike vets in other New England states, many are facing obstacles as they seek the care they desperately need, families and advocates say.
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Mitt's N.Y. speech to GOP think tank raises prez profile
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Dave Wedge - - Boston Herald
| Amid calls for President Bush to name a "disaster czar" to probe weaknesses and bolster emergency response systems, Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday deflected post-Katrina criticism of the White House in a speech to an influential GOP think tank.
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Freight fright looms as Logan loads unscreened cargo
Thursday, August 25, 2005 Dave Wedge - - Boston Herald
| Logan International Airport may be getting $14.5 million in fortress-like security barriers, but a potentially deadly backdoor remains open that could put a bomb in a cargo bin below passengers' feet.
Despite a 2003 pilot program at Logan showing that cargo could be efficiently screened, nearly all shipments funneled into the bellies of passenger planes at the airport continues to go uninspected.
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In Gaza Strip, tension mounts as settlers pack up
Monday, August 8, 2005 David Goldman - - Boston Herald
| It's Sunday in the Gush Katif settlement block and tensions are rising.
News spreads that the Israeli Army is dismantling caravans that have been occupied by sympathizers in nearby Kefar Darom. Voice messages urge Gush Katif residents to go to Kefar Darom to help the settlers.
But roadblocks are set up at three points along the 7-mile road from Neve Dekalim to Kefar Darom. Cars are at a standstill. Teenagers and younger kids walk rapidly toward Kefar Darom.
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My grandson, the terrorist: Dorchester family reacts in horror to London ID shocker
Sunday, July 17, 2005 Laura Crimaldi - - Boston Herald
| The stunned Dorchester family of suspected London suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay tried yesterday to make sense of his deadly transformation to terrorist.
"It's Satan. It's the devil. God wouldn't allow that to happen. Did he really do this?" Lindsay's step-grandmother, Stella McLeod, told the Herald through tears while standing on her front porch.
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Key vote makes all the difference
Saturday, July 2, 2005 Kimberly Atkins - - Boston Herald
| The surprise resignation of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whose moderate voting swung key decisions on abortion rights, affirmative action and separation of church and state, gives President George W. Bush and Republican lawmakers a chance to change the entire complexion of the court with one appointee, legal experts say.
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Getting down, dirty in D.C.
Monday, June 27, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| It's already shaping up to be a long, hot summer here where a recent barrage of snarky partisan insults has tempers flaring and frazzled speechwriters working overtime.
The dizzying torrent of invective and red-meat rhetoric - erupting from the leading voices in both parties in a blur of recent speeches and media interviews - has been harsh, even by jaded Washington standards.
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Ted K takes aim at Rumsfeld on Iraq war
Friday, June 24, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| In a heated face-to-face show-down on Capitol Hill, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy yesterday demanded Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation for "mishandling" the Iraq war, calling it a "quagmire" with "no end in sight."
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Mass. pols do slow burn over flag bill
Thursday, June 23, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Bay State congressmen were sharply divided yesterday as the House approved a ban on flag desecration - a politically explosive measure expected to stir heated debate and a close vote in the Senate next month.
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Kerry bolts D.C. and misses Bolton vote
Thursday, June 23, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry has been an outspoken critic of John Bolton's nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, but the senator skipped a roll-call vote on the appointment Monday as he took a two-day leave from his Washington duties.
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Romney's diagnosis: Politician, heal thyself
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Gov. Mitt Romney's political resume is long on ambition, but short on accomplishment - a potentially fatal mix for anyone seeking to win the White House.
That's why Romney, who now admits he's seriously considering a 2008 presidential bid, is suddenly trumpeting a new universal health-care plan that would force Bay Staters to get insurance or else maintain savings accounts to pay health expenses.
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Markey blasts safety of nuke plants
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Tom Farmer - - Boston Herald
| Despite assurances that the nation's nuclear power plants are safe from terrorist attacks, Bay State congressmen continued their call on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday to make massive security improvements.
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Ted K: Mitt’s not it in ’08
Monday, June 20, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, in a pointed jab at his old GOP foe, says Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney still needs to prove he has the right stuff to be a credible contender for the White House in 2008.
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Kerry cautious on probing 'Downing Street Memo'
Monday, June 20, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Walking a tightrope on a politically charged issue, Sen. John F. Kerry vowed weeks ago to raise the controversial "Downing Street Memo" as an issue in Washington, but has since publicly held his tongue on the matter.
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GOP, Dean trade barbs in Boston
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Ann E. Donlan - - Boston Herald
| A toned-down Howard Dean juiced up about 300 Democratic activists yesterday during his first party fund-raiser in Boston since taking over the Democratic National Committee helm, but took jabs at familiar targets, including Republican Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Ask not what Ted will charge your relatives for your cottage
Sunday, June 12, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Kennedy relatives visiting the family's fabled Hyannisport compound for summer getaways had better bring along their checkbooks.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) bought his late brother John F. Kennedy's clapboard cottage on the six-acre oceanside grounds last June and is charging rent to family members, the senator's new financial disclosure filing shows.
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LNG plan for Fall River draws fire
Friday, June 10, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Anti-terrorism expert Richard Clarke yesterday slammed plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, and both Bay State senators decided to fight the proposed facility with new legislation.
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What are odds for Kerry in '08? Not good
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Dave Wedge - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry claims he's yet to decide on a 2008 presidential run, but oddsmakers are already counting him out, predicting he'll come in dead last out of nine potential candidates for the Democratic nomination.
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Pentagon stalls on release of Otis data
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Bay State officials yesterday warned their push to save Otis Air National Guard Base could be doomed unless the Pentagon responds to a Senate subpoena and divulges key data on why bases were targeted for closure.
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Kerry: Too early to think of White House
Tuesday, June 7, 2005 Ann E. Donlan - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry is still the well-oiled President Bush-basher he was on the campaign trail last year, but he claims it is "too early" to say whether he will take another run at the White House in 2008.
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Mass. reps set for Otis showdown
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Bay State officials hoping to save Otis Air National Guard Base from the Pentagon's hit list are gearing up for a public showdown in Boston next month with the military base closing panel.
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Support the troops - even when they're home
Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Marie Szaniszlo - - Boston Herald
| The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans kicked off its annual conference in Washington, D.C., by calling on Congress to pass the Service Members' Enhanced Transition Services Act, which would help prevent homelessness among veterans by making available up to eight hours of individualized services - help with housing, employment, training and health care - to people leaving the military.
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Afghan prez: U.S. ignored world's woes
Monday, May 23, 2005 Thomas Caywood - - Boston Herald
| Afghanistan's first democratically elected president publicly chided the United States yesterday for ignoring human suffering in the world in a commencement address delivered under heavy security at Boston University.
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Frank: No nukes on Hill! Reverses '93 filibuster stand
Sunday, May 22, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who publicly crusaded against Senate filibusters 12 years ago, now says he opposes banning filibusters against judicial nominees - the so-called "nuclear option" fueling a bruising Capitol Hill showdown.
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Local activists head to D.C. to lobby for poor
Sunday, May 22, 2005 Franci Richardson - - Boston Herald
| A delegation of local anti-poverty activists will travel to Washington, D.C., tomorrow to try to persuade congressmen to stop the $100 million federal budget cuts they say are jeopardizing those already living in poverty.
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Dems hedge of gay weds
Sunday, May 15, 2005 Ann E. Donlan - - Boston Herald
| Bay State Democrats yesterday blessed gay marriage in their party platform for the first time, but the party's top gubernatorial candidate refused to say whether he supports it.
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In name of safety, wall divides Palestinians from their lives
Sunday, May 15, 2005 David Goldman - - Boston Herald
| Nakhlah George Atwan stands on the roof of his two-story home and shouts to a bulldozer operator on the ground below. The crews building the wall are leaving trash behind, and Atwan wants them to clean it up.
The man in the bulldozer turns off the engine for a moment to listen, but doesn't respond. Then he starts it back up and continues clearing dirt around a newly constructed section of the separation barrier.
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Clinging to their home, settlers 'try not to think of the end'
Sunday, May 15, 2005 David Goldman - - Boston Herald
| With its paved streets, stucco homes and the occasional manicured lawn, this community of 60 families looks like a peaceful Southern California suburb - until you look up.
Each settlement in Gush Katif has its own gated entry guarded by armed Israeli soldiers. The settlers live behind two fences - one electrified, one of barbed wire. Security cameras scan the perimeter at night. Every settler is issued an M-16 by the army, and most have personal sidearms and bulletproof vests.
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Cell phone rumor nets Do Not Call overload
Tuesday, May 10, 2005 Laura Crimaldi - - Boston Herald
| Talk about a game of telephone gone wrong.
The Federal Trade Commission has been hit with a nearly seven-fold increase in requests for the National Do Not Call registry in the past two weeks after an Internet rumor warning cell phone users that their numbers are about to be leaked to telemarketers through the creation of a directory of wireless numbers.
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Hanscom off radar for air base closing
Sunday, May 8, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Bay State officials are voicing guarded optimism about the fate of Hanscom Air Force Base as the Pentagon this week prepares to announce its long-awaited hit list of military base closings.
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Mitt feast heats up 2008 prez speculation
Saturday, May 7, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney huddled with lobbyists and political operatives at a swank D.C. restaurant two weeks ago - fueling fresh rumors he'll balk at re-election next year and focus instead on a 2008 White House run.
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Cisneros probe tab: $21M and counting
Sunday, May 1, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Taxpayers shelled out a whopping $21 million for the 10-year independent counsel probe of ex-Housing Secretary Henry G. Cisneros - with half the money spent since Cisneros pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge in 1999.
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To be frank, reps' check is in the mail
Sunday, April 24, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Bay State congressmen spent nearly $218,000 in taxpayer funds to send mass mailings to constituents in 2004, using public money to mail largely self-promotional materials to potential voters in an election year.
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In-law fraud case stings Ted K, Dems
Saturday, April 23, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's embattled brother-in-law - fingered as the FBI informant who secretly taped conversations for a case against a top fund-raiser for Sen. Hillary Clinton - donated money to the Bay State senator and boasts deep political ties to his family.
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Kerry: Don't tell me what God wants
Thursday, April 21, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday attacked Republicans for having an "orthodoxy of view" and overly inserting religion into politics, accusing them of using God as a justification for appointing conservative judges.
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State's congressmen get an earful: Lobbyists procure pork for barrel of projects
Monday, April 18, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Dozens of Bay State colleges, hospitals, museums and businesses snared earmarked federal dollars - cash for pet projects that congressmen, often at the prodding of lobbyists, quietly tuck into larger spending bills without any debate.
To the small army of lobbyists and lawmakers able to muscle funds for favored special projects, such earmarks are a bonanza.
But to public watchdog groups wary of spiraling budget deficits, earmarks are a flagrant abuse of the legislative process because there is no public scrutiny of the projects.
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Senator's handouts help Dems Kerry on
Sunday, April 10, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry is fast becoming the Democratic Party's personal ATM - dispensing bundles of cash and helping to raise money for party causes and candidates such as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Kerry: Publicize benefit for vets
Thursday, April 7, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry, moved by the "heartbreaking" story of a cash-strapped North End veteran who lost both legs in Vietnam, is urging state officials to better publicize a little-known benefit to disabled vets.
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Pat K picks mom over Senate bid
Thursday, March 31, 2005 Dave Wedge - - Boston Herald
| As his mother recovers in the hospital after being found passed out on a Hub street, U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has nixed an anticipated bid to join his dad in the Senate.
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Federal plan for Amtrak sticks state with the bill
Thursday, March 24, 2005 Casey Ross - - Boston Herald
| A Bush administration plan to eliminate Amtrak subsidies and turn over passenger rail to the states could leave Massachusetts paying millions of dollars a year for service currently funded by the federal government.
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Lynch makes return trip to war-torn Iraq
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch leaves today on a six-day overseas trip that includes stops in war-torn Iraq, where he will meet with U.S. troops in the field, commanders and government officials.
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Lynch says baseball on trial over steroid use
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Major League Baseball - not the seven star players called to testify - will be the real target tomorrow when Congress opens high-profile hearings probing illegal steroid use by players tomorrow, said U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch.
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Mass. reps wait in the wings as Kerry mulls future
Monday, March 14, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| To run or not to run poses a complex dilemma for Sen. John F. Kerry as he ponders a series of choices looming in his political future: whether to pursue re-election in 2008, launch another presidential bid, or try to juggle both.
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Time ticking down on Hanscom base closing
Sunday, March 6, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Bay State officials are racing the clock, intensifying their final lobbying blitz to save Hanscom Air Force Base and its thousands of jobs, as the Pentagon prepares its massive hit list of base closings.
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Dems blast Globe over reporter's anti-Kerry blog
Friday, March 4, 2005 David R. Guarino - - Boston Herald
| Democrats heaped criticism on The Boston Globe yesterday for failing to more aggressively punish technology reporter Hiawatha Bray, who criticized Sen. John F. Kerry's campaign in Internet postings as he covered the race.
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Eating disorders harsh lesson in college
Monday, February 28, 2005 Jessica Heslam - - Boston Herald
| With the fad-diet craze and ever-increasing media blitz of super-thin bodies, eating disorders among college students are on the rise.
``It usually tends to be this critical time when eating disorders start to surface,'' said Katherine Cruise of the Wellesley-based Screening for Mental Health Inc., sponsor of the National Eating Disorders Screening Program.
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Bush plan off track: Cuts may derail Amtrak
Thursday, February 24, 2005 Casey Ross - - Boston Herald
| A Bush administration plan to reform passenger railroad service by forcing Amtrak into bankruptcy would increase costs for the MBTA and eliminate popular express trains to Washington and New York, industry officials say.
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Mitt’s gay-wed stance hits Carolina chord
Tuesday, February 22, 2005 David R. Guarino - - Boston Herald
| Gov. Mitt Romney, speaking last night to conservative presidential primary voters in South Carolina, disavowed his own stance on gay marriage - saying he has opposed civil unions "from day one."
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President has heard enough from 'junior senator'
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry's brash offer to meet privately with former foe President Bush to discuss foreign policy before Bush's meetings abroad next week with key European leaders has apparently fallen on deaf ears at the White House.
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Critical of Bush, Kerry campaigns for more military
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 David R. Guarino - - Boston Herald
| The Secret Service details have been replaced by barely enough aides to fill his SUV and the stadium-size battleground crowds have dwindled to 500 in old Mechanics Hall.
But Sen. John F. Kerry made clear yesterday he still wants the presidency. "If I could just get you all to move to Ohio and vote, we could change our address rapidly," Kerry told the cheering crowd.
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Ted battles Mitt over stem cells
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, squaring off against Gov. Mitt Romney, yesterday pledged to throw his full support behind a federal bill to allow the very type of embryonic stem cell research Romney wants to outlaw in Massachusetts.
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Kennedy's 'Swift' flight home costs taxpayers $2,490
Thursday, February 10, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Sen. Edward M. Kennedy - stirring memories of ex-Gov. Jane M. Swift's state police chopper boondoggle - ordered up a taxpayer-funded $2,490 helicopter ride home to Hyannisport last May after attending events in New Bedford, records show.
The 48-mile flight to Cape Cod cost U.S. taxpayers $51.87 per mile.
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Meehan flies to Fla. on your dime
Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Congressmen often complain about the hassles of traveling between D.C. and their home districts, but U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan's taxpayer-funded frequent-flier miles may have helped him score free air travel to the Super Bowl.
Meehan (D-Lowell), a rabid New England Patriots fan, yesterday confirmed he cashed in 25,000 frequent flier airline points for his round-trip flight to the game in Jacksonville, Fla.
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Kerry's new hire lobbied for offshore tax loophole
Tuesday, February 8, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Sen. John F. Kerry, who as a presidential candidate railed against companies shifting their addresses overseas to avoid taxes, has hired as a top tax counsel a woman who lobbied against cracking down on such businesses on behalf of a Bermuda-based firm.
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Bush reforms may boost party
Monday, February 7, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| President Bush's priorities could bring him political gain through legislative reforms that broaden Republican appeal while sapping the Democratic base of powerful union, trial-lawyer and other support.
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Appreciative Kerry lays groundwork for 2008 run
Saturday, February 5, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| Thanking 1,200 supporters gathered in Boston's Westin Hotel last night, Sen. John F. Kerry joked: "According to the exit polls, there are 2 million people in this room tonight."
Kerry, striving to be upbeat as he addressed staffers and campaign volunteers from his failed White House run, was propped up by his Bay State colleague, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
"This is the first meeting of the Kerry for President Committee 2008," Kennedy declared as Kerry and his wife, Teresa, looked on.
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Bush as Deep Throat? Author: Former prez was secret source behind Watergate
Saturday, February 5, 2005 Stephanie Schorow - - Boston Herald
| A new theory about Deep Throat, the most mysterious figure in American political history, has been posted on a media Web site.
Could former President George H.W. Bush be the elusive source who brought down President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal by leaking key information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward?
That's the opinion of Adrian Havill, the author of a 1993 biography "Deep Truth" on reporters Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
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Election buoys Bush policies
Tuesday, February 1, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| The successful elections in Iraq give President Bush a boost in pushing the foreign policy agenda he will outline in his State of the Union address tomorrow night and a renewed opportunity to rally public support for his policies.
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Ted-led Bay State taps Dean for DNC
Tuesday, February 1, 2005 Ann E. Donlan - - Boston Herald
| State party leaders - including Massachusetts Democrats with the blessing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy - are backing Howard Dean to chair the Democratic National Committee, giving him an edge to win the election in two weeks.
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Bush draws advance fire
Sunday, January 30, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| President Bush faces a tougher audience than in years past when he lays out his legislative priorities in Wednesday's State of the Union address, meeting increasing resistance from fellow Republicans and more cohesive opposition from Democrats.
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Hub icon Gillette sold in $56B deal
Friday, January 28, 2005 Greg Gatlin - - Boston Herald
| Boston-based razor giant Gillette Co. will be swallowed by household products titan Procter & Gamble Co. in a $56 billion stock swap deal to be announced this morning, a source close to the deal said last night.
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Meehan pullout plan comes under attack
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan's plan to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year met with immediate criticism yesterday from a leading conservative as capitulation to insurgents.
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Bush targets tyranny
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Andrew Miga - - Boston Herald
| President Bush will take new aim at tyranny across the globe in next week's State of the Union Address - bolstering his inaugural pitch that America must expand freedom and democracy abroad to stay safe at home.
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Kerry pushes plan to provide health coverage for all kids
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Noelle Straub - - Boston Herald
| Trying to maintain his visibility on a key national issue and seize a platform to continue challenging Republicans, Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday began a major push on legislation to provide health insurance to every child in America.
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